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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 儿时

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
儿时 ér shí - childhood

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,022 15,573 8,668

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
rén- variant of 人[ren2]
- "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
ér- child
- son
r- non-syllabic diminutive suffix
- retroflex final
shí- old variant of 時|时[shi2]
shí- surname Shi
shí- o'clock
- time
- when
- hour
- season
- period

Other Words Containing 儿时

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
儿时 - - 11,022 15,573 8,668